Central Beekeepers Alliance

There will be no regular monthly meeting of the Central Beekeepers Alliance in September, as we’ll be manning a booth at the Fredericton Exhibition as is traditional. “We have live bees and products made with honey and bees wax,” says CBA President Christine Dembenski. “Also there are hats, t-shirts with our logo,honey, cookbooks, and more. [...]

On the weekend of the 23rd and 24th of July, participants from all around the Maritimes came to Sackville, New Brunswick, to take part in Community Forests International beekeeping workshop. Emphasizing natural management techniques and hands-on learning, this weekend learning event was led by Peter and Kathleen Hardie. [Backyard Beekeeping 2011 photographs by Canadian Forests [...]

Can a robot bee learn to do the “waggle dance” well enough to fool honeybees into following its directions? At the Free University of Berlin, researchers are working on a mechanical bee they hope will be able to communicate with real bees about the location and quality of a food source. The implications for pollination [...]

August is a tricky month for beginning beekeepers. With many fall flowers in bloom, the field bees are still out collecting nectar and pollen and winter seems a long way off. But the last few weeks of true summer are deceptive. The nights are starting to chill down here in New Brunswick. In a healthy [...]

Yet another reason to buy your honey straight from local beekeepers or to keep your own honey bees — a new investigative report from Food Safety News warns that tainted Chinese honey is still being sold in US stores.